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Title: First-principles study of intrinsic point defects and Xe impurities in uranium monocarbide

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]
  1. Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA
  2. Department of Nuclear Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee 37916, USA, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1671356
Grant/Contract Number:  
4500079799
Resource Type:
Publisher's Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Journal of Applied Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: Journal of Applied Physics Journal Volume: 128 Journal Issue: 14; Journal ID: ISSN 0021-8979
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Citation Formats

Huang, Gui-Yang, Pastore, Giovanni, and Wirth, Brian D. First-principles study of intrinsic point defects and Xe impurities in uranium monocarbide. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1063/5.0021951.
Huang, Gui-Yang, Pastore, Giovanni, & Wirth, Brian D. First-principles study of intrinsic point defects and Xe impurities in uranium monocarbide. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0021951
Huang, Gui-Yang, Pastore, Giovanni, and Wirth, Brian D. Wed . "First-principles study of intrinsic point defects and Xe impurities in uranium monocarbide". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0021951.
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